United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the government of Ireland are now dug in frontline war trenches to fight malnutrion in Malawi and say victory is pn their side. WFP and the Department of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS in the Ministry of Health on Wednesday welcomed a timely contribution of K515 million from the […]
The United Nations in Malawi has congratulated the World Food Programme (WFP) for winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize awarded last Fridayby the Norwegian Nobel Committee for its efforts to combat hunger, fight the use of hunger as a weapon of war and improve conditions for peace across the world. In a statement made available […]
Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima has applauded World Food Programme’s initiative in which farmers are encouraged to insure their crops they have grown in case their areas experience an unexpected drought. Chilima presided over WFP’s insurance payout ceremony at Chaweta Primary School in Traditional Authority Machinjiri’s drought-prone area on Thursday where all farmers involved in the project, called […]
The United Nations food relief agency on Wednesday kicked off a fundraising campaign, using a smartphone application, to provide school meals in a southern district of Malawi, where El Nino-induced drought has reduced crop yields. “Starting today, the World Food Programme’s Share The Meal app will fundraise to support emergency food relief in Malawi, following […]
Leading Japanese model and UN World Food Programme (WFP) Ambassador Against Hunger, Kurara Chibana, says she is impressed over recovery efforts undertaken by Malawian communities affected by last year’s floods and more recently, by drought. The Japanese celebrity said this during her recent visit to various WFP projects in Malawi to see for herself how […]
The Japanese government has made a contribution of US$5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for food assistance in Malawi as the country faces the worst food insecurity in a decade due to weather-related shocks. The WFP says in a statement that most of the funds will go towards WFP’s relief operation […]
United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme has on Wednesday sent out an SOS on Malawi’s food crisis, frantically appealing for US$38 million, saying the situation is extremely dire. In a statement, WFP says the situation has now reached unprecedented levels and the UN body is urgently looking for the US$38 million to buy […]
World Food Program and Malawi government have launched a national relief food distribution exercise to about 3 million hungry stricken Malawians recently affected by floods and dry spell. This comes after President Peter Mutharika made international aid appeal for the affected Malawians in 25 of the country’s 28 districts. The WFP country director, Coco Ushiyama […]
Malawi government in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched what they call a lean season relief operation to meet the food and nutrition needs vulnerable people affected by low household crop production and high food prices. The launching ceremony took place at Chilangoma Primary School, Traditional Authority Kuntaja in Blantyre […]